Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-15
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TEMPERANCE CollIM,
Rebukins Sin.
A SERMON DELIvERED BY yur -,
OF A METHODIST CHURCH,
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Minneapolis Leader, Sss
Church circles at Ann Arbor Ma,
gan, for several weeks have tae,, :. SsS'sS
fever heat over opposite Views IN W !, ss |sssS
temperance question. There has h E|sss Hss
much cross-firing on both sides y. @
not little i'll feeling has croppe, y. =. h Rs 81
Rev. II. B. Pone has been anon, a 1 s|
most catspoken in protesting apa,as > y M E
the present phase of the temper,ns S
movement. lie preached the folovir, EsSa @
strong sermon defending the stanas. @ @
had taken, and pointing out that th,,, }SBS| 9Ss
were worse crimes than drubkenns.. #{,s ,
/ have been desirous for Years !, s
an opportunity to address those VII, s's Es
deal in intoxicating drinks. hav. ss |
wished to try to present to them on, M ls
feelings toward them and their bn,i M;
ness; to show them that we are mt R
their personal enemies, but that v.
desire their good and that of the, "a
families. ] like to hear man eyp.s, IA
his convictions fully and freely, wbe,h. @
er they agree with mine or not. lks @
to hear the Catholic priest affirm hi, rs
doctrines, even if he sends me to pe,. E
dition because ! am not connected with EgS
the "Holy mother church, Il love fl 81
hear the roar OF the floods as 90 pea, Is
my Baptist brethren, hear the Unitar. IS
an give his belief-that is, when hs E|
finds any to give. Half truths don't d
want to hear, for no one knows what n
the other half may be. Men can not III
argue at all until they agree; thatk II
until they find some ground whichths E
hold in common. There are some Il
points in regard to drink on which all Il
will unite. No man defends drunken II
ness. For whatever be our practices b
we all assent to that. h
Drink is not the worst evil in thi E
land. Drunkenness never ruined 0, q
destroyed nation. Amongst all that B
have been overthrGwn, no people eya 4
perished through strong drink alone E
The drinking Germans were chase 4
and true, as Tacitus informs us. Thy
fought with yalor for freedom, and
never ceased the strife with Rome ur
til the legends of the empire were oyer /
thrown. Our drinking English ances
tors won on hard fought fields with
stubborn courage. Our drinking Reye
lutionary fathers won our indepent
ence. What has killed nations? Lust
has done it again and again. 1t de.
troyed Persia. 1t overthrow Rome
Mohammed prohibited wine, but per
mitted women. He would much BET
ter have given the wine cup and for.
hidden the harem. There is no com.
mandment of the ten which says ''Thou
shalt not drink" but there is one that
says 'vThou shalt not KILL" and another
"Thou shalt not commit adultery
Our women are fond OF calling tn
fearful roll of dying drunkards-sixt.
thousand a year. Go into your be
tower, sister. Watch the reeling trent
ling line. See the features reddenet
swollen, imbruted, the blear eyes, tn
putrescent nose. But this great ev
hides its brutal face in the presence
lust and its ravages. You cannot gait
er the statistics. 1t will not open il
graves under the sunlight, but it bp
rows everywhere and buries its victim
so foully slain. am told by War
medical friends that my computation
are moderate when l charge th
twenty Thousand die in this land eat
year, slain by the poisoned shafts
lust. Bodies rot away with a horrt
that eclipses the most fearful power
| the final delirum which drink bring
Little children who should be so pu
and sweet tester and putrify becau
of the guilt Of others. The wan, d
mented victims Of hidden vice stage
to their graves. Pass your long pr
cession through the streets. Mount
the beIfry tower. Take the day f
this procession, for the night must
reserved for greater horrors. Evel
two minutes, every two minutes of Il
twelve hours of the day. Lust alrerl
has killed two where drink slew OF
But what of the innocent babes wi
never see the light, slain by their oV
mothers shands-delicate hands, jewel
hands, aristocratic hands, not in hove
so much as in mansions-hands spott
to all eternity with their own childre
blood.
Mount your belfry tower. Toll !
the dead who never saw the light .
Of darkness into eternity. am told
am exceeding moderate when say tn
twenty-four Thousand babes are sla
each year by their own muIdero
mothers. They never saw the lig
The drunkard has a grave. They ha
not even grave to lie in. Sweet Lit
ones whom angels might cherish. tf
are cast upon the dung-hill. Oh!ten'
woman, climb the belfry tower. Ma
strong your hands to strike. For ev'
moment of every night of all the y
you must toll the bell of death,
the lost spirit Shrek, the four deN
laugh in baleful unison over these hi
, causts. Since ! came to Ann Arl
eight years ago, there has been
murder done through drink. Uni
: my medical friends strangely mista
three hundred children have been 81
in their own homes, on the alter Of !
by their own mothers hands. Moth
who wreathe the fair flowers arot
the fairer faces Of your children ly
in white caskets robed for the gri
you often think of the reunion not
distant, when your children will
come you to homes of light, Motf
who slew your little ones, what
they say when they see you, when 7
shudder at your presence, when !
| recoil from you-from you who trie